ESB Cl VS Gen: Greatest Defensive Fighter of all time:

It's just so hard to pick. You're going to get a lot of beating around the bush here Boxed Ears!

We can talk allday on different aspects of the art of defensive boxing, before defining the perfect guy for the vote and then pick the most suitable. You can give credit to the boxers who were truly defensive minded, who didn't lead and boxed off the backfoot exclusively. Then some might give credit to the guys that didn't mind being in punching range but still employed a great defense, very admirable.

You've got Benitez who used defense as a style, fighting off the ropes etc. You've got Whittaker, who did box off the backfoot sometimes, but other times would box in the centre of the ring, moving around his man jabbing, hitting downstairs, and just employing a defense you have to see to believe. Toney had a brilliant defense, and for me was a it one dimensional, just countering in the pocket, that make the defense even better in retrospect.

Mayweather likely won't get many votes in this forum, you can expect that, but this man has one of the best technical defences ever, period. People will detract from his resume and hence the ability of those who were trying to hit him, but them same guys hit other top fighters of the era regularly. Mayweather's defence is amazing, and it's versatile.

I doubt the general will attribute many votes for Leonard, but just look how this man maintauned his distance from his man. You see some clips where guys come forward and no matter how they go about it they stay the same distance from Benny all through the motion, and he lands jabs as they advance.

For me though, i'm going to go for the guy who i rate in terms purely of defence, nothing else contributing to my vote. Niccolino Locche. The way he defended against bodyshots, it was like he had a forcefield around his torso. And he would cling to his opponent and frustrate the **** out of them, his crowd loved it.

BTW, Hopkins for me equals number one defensive middleweight, just an opinion, there have been others like Holman Williams and Toney, but Hopkins is clearly my man here.

Hilario Zapata should be on the list though

 

Just saw your list, we must have been posting at the same time. I'm ****ing elated with your number one pick!

 

I'd have it

1. Pep
2. Locche
3. Pea

 

Where's Zapata?

 

I beat you to it!

 

1)Pep
2)Loche
3)Benny Leonard
4) Pea

I like a lot of current fighters but will not add them now

 

:good

For the record I picked Pea, proved it past prime against offensive beasts.

 

**** my post disappeared for some reason.

 

Yeah it's a good call. Like your reasoning btw.

 

wtf?!

 

All the posts i made today disappeared,something's up.

 

You're an enigma.

 

wilfred benitez